Elite Dangerous - This Year's MASSIVE Update - NEW DETAILS

Elite Dangerous is getting an overhaul with Powerplay 2.0. The update aims to change and improve the way players interact with the galaxy. Improvements are being made to stations, the galaxy map, and more.

Any support is massively appreciated!

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[SKYSTRY]

I loved ED so much. I had thousands of hours in it. But this just doesn't interest me at all. What would interest me are ship interiors, new ground vehicles, more detailed settlements, alien fauna and planets with atmospheres.

[bobL]

NMS today:
-Complete and total overhaul of space stations: new sprawling complex interior layouts that feature new shops and new functionality, including a long-awaited ship customization system and a new guild system. Along with that, there’s brand new complex and detailed station exterior models. And it’s all in-game right now.

Fdev today:
Decals. Coming this summer.

[evaone]

Progress is really slow with Elite. They gotta step things up if they want community engagement

[MetallicMedium]

We saw Frontier vastly ramp up game development on their other titles, right on the heels of Elite Dangerous. There were many indications, reasorces that should have gone into Elite Dangerous, were diverted to their Foundry, while important advances like VR, and continued console support were stopped. It's a clear case of killing the goose that lays golden eggs.

Thank you Ant, for continuing to cover Elite Dangerous news. o7

[alpha-]

So they painted the floors, put up some posters and changed the UI? None of that addresses any of the actual issues with Powerplay, such as the "content" primarily consisting of mind numbing undermining and cargo hauling.

[truckerallikatuk]

"Complete rework" - aka a few changed textures on a cookie cutter station... yay, so excited.

[therealjamespickering]

Let's just remember that Elite Dangerous features a full-scale galaxy with millions of star systems, so why is it that there are no new features that make exploration more interesting and rewarding? I would like for there to be far more to discover than the handful of biological and geological features that currently exist.

[viotyers]

No Man's Sky did more with space stations in their update today than this.

[LimeymanZero]

I'm sure both players will be thrilled!

[PhilosopherGaming]

Of all the things they could improve, they chose a feature no one even asked for in the first place.

[Thrawn]

This sounds so underwhelming but then again- it perfectly aligns with my expectations😂

[CB-iooi]

The vast majority of people did powerplay for the ship upgrades. Most didn't bother about the fluff around it, do they realize this?

[jbthekeeper]

With the whole changes to station interiors changing slightly when the super power has taken over control, I just can't help but compare it to the new update for No Man's sky. Which did exactly what this update did and more, overhauling the entire space station and creating a new gameplay loop to allow players to customise their space ship entirely which has been a highly requested feature... Yet Fdev were only able to change a system that nobody really cares about, revamping engineering would have taken less time than this.

[Blairvoyach]

They can stick their update. All I have wanted since 2014 is to explore and find things. 10 years of tramping around their 1:1 galaxy and found nothing except "distress signals" and "wreckage". How hard would it be to put the odd ruined temple or abandoned settlement way out in the black? Even if it was only a 1 in a thousand chance of finding something it would keep me interested. Elite was the daddy of procedural generation, so proceduraly generate me something to find!
I hope Starship Simulator lives up to the promise.

[spikeles]

"Elite Dangerous - This Year's MASSIVE Update - NEW DETAILS" - I was actually hyped by this title, then I watched it and realised it was sarcasm.

[isatche]

Who asked for this? People are asking for ship interiors and atmospheric planets with cities, and we get... this?
I can't decide if devs are trying to fool investors, or us, or themselves?

[sidrat]

Too little too late. It has to be EPIC to get me back playing Elite Dangerous. Re-haul the engineer grind. Reduce corporation numbers to make standings with and against others matter. Add re-playable story missions with balanced rewards that would others be obtained from the material grind. Either make the game co-op/solo or fully Open.

If this update isn't free for everyone they're insane.

[marcoperches]

Elite needs to add planets with atmospheres so space exploration can be fun instead of exploring dead worlds one after the other

[DizzyWeb-gt]

I´m glad Frontier is still working on improving Elite Dangerous. I´ve quit playing it 15 months or so ago and 3 weeks back I rejoined because I´ve missed the feeling of beeing really out in space which Elite Dangerous is able to do much more than any other space game out there. Yes it´s still a lot of grind to reach something but...I´ve missed it
Now playing in 4K with Ultra settings landing on an Ice planet seeing the reflections of the ground, the black sky with millions of stars, all reachable(!), atmospheric music starting when the game is recognizing you are watching the stars... this is just amazing. No other game can do this until now.
Next step I will do is VR. Never tried before
Elite Dangerous will never be a game for the masses but for me it doesn´t have to be
o7

[BenRobinson]

Meh. This isn't going to bring players back. This is just putting lipstick on a rotting corpse.